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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said the state will take steps to close part of a notorious prison that has been rocked by deadly violence. Reeves gave his first State of the State speech Monday. He said he’s asking the state Department of Corrections to start closing down Unit 29 at the […]

Citizens rallied in Jackson on Friday calling for prison reform across the state of Mississippi.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves visited the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman and another state prison on Thursday after a surge of violence in the state’s prison system left several inmates dead or injured.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The push for prison reform in Mississippi continues after 10 inmates have been reported dead. Rapper Yo Gotti called the situation a humanitarian crisis and is one of the voices behind a rally set to take place Friday to raise awareness about the issue. One family told WREG’s Quametra Wilborn they’ve been […]

Mississippi’s new governor said Thursday that the state will conduct a nationwide search for a new commissioner to lead a state prison system that’s reckoning with what he called a “catastrophe” — a recent outburst of deadly violence and longstanding problems with vacant jobs and damaged facilities.

Mississippi will conduct a nationwide search for a new commissioner to lead a state prison system that’s reckoning with a recent outburst of deadly violence and longstanding problems with vacant jobs and damaged facilities.

Mississippi legislators are pushing ahead with a plan to pay the full cost for this year’s teacher pay raise.

More than two dozen Mississippi inmates sued the state Tuesday, saying understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence” and inmates are forced to live in decrepit and dangerous conditions.

Republican Tate Reeves was inaugurated Tuesday as Mississippi’s new governor, pledging to provide economic opportunities for all people in the state and to defend a “loving culture that underpins our quality of life.”

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is leaving office Tuesday after serving his limit of two terms.

Mississippi’s new lieutenant governor, Republican Delbert Hosemann, said immediately after his inauguration Thursday that he wants to work with all lawmakers to improve education, enact pay raises for state employees and address problems in a state’s prison system that has been rocked by deadly violence.